"We also provide supportive materials for families, so recipes they can use with the food they receive, as well as provide cooking classes where they can learn how to apply the ingredients that they use," he said.

"Look at some of the fundamental reasons in terms of their capacity to be able to provide for their families."

Ms Holmes says they are constantly getting feedback from principals and teachers that students are coming to school without breakfast.

"There's definitely demand there, as well as people ringing up in quite desperate situations needing support," she said.

"We've probably found that there's been an increase of about 50 per cent of demand."